Grants and Contributions
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In June 2016, as part of the Open Government Action Plan, the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat (TBS) committed to increasing the transparency and usefulness of grants and contribution data and subsequently launched the Guidelines on the Reporting of Grants and Contributions Awards, effective April 1, 2018.
The rules and principles governing government grants and contributions are outlined in the Treasury Board Policy on Transfer Payments. Transfer payments are transfers of money, goods, services or assets made from an appropriation to individuals, organizations or other levels of government, without the federal government directly receiving goods or services in return, but which may require the recipient to provide a report or other information subsequent to receiving payment. These expenditures are reported in the Public Accounts of Canada. The major types of transfer payments are grants, contributions and \'other transfer payments\'.
Included in this category, but not to be reported under proactive disclosure of awards, are (1) transfers to other levels of government such as Equalization payments as well as Canada Health and Social Transfer payments. (2) Grants and contributions reallocated or otherwise redistributed by the recipient to third parties; and (3) information that would normally be withheld under the Access to Information Act and the Privacy Act.
$53,000.00
Mar 23, 2026
For-profit organization
Establishing Defence Market Opportunities, Procurement Processes, and MIL-STD-810 Qualification Testing for a Compact, High-Performance, ITAR-Free, Dual-Use IMU
1040690
This project will advance the defence readiness of the firm by establishing defence market opportunities, clarifying procurement processes, and executing MIL-STD-810 environmental qualification testing directly relevant to defence platforms and missions.
$1,336,243.53
Mar 4, 2025
For-profit organization
Photonics Integrated Circuits-Based Inertial Measurement Unit with Enhanced Precision and Reliability for Autonomous Vehicles
1029550
Based on Photonics Integrated Circuits (PIC) technology, OSCP is developing the next generation of Inertial Measurement Units (IMUs) for Autonomous Vehicles (AVs) navigation application. Unlike MEMS-based IMUs, OSCP’s IMU can reliably navigate a vehicle with Centimeter level of position accuracy even in the absence of GNSS for several minutes. OSCP’s IMUs are also both dramatically higher-performance and much less sensitive to environmental effects such as Thermal Drift, Vibration Induced Noise, and EMI. As compared to the high end IMUs such as Fiber-Optics Gyroscope (FOG)-based, OSCP’s IMU not only delivers the same performance but in a compact, low power, low-cost footprint, thanks to its on-chip integrated CMOS compatible technology. As a +30 years old technology, FOGs are specifically designed for Aerospace application and as a result they are not scalable and therefore super expensive for AVs applications. By integrating all optical components on the same chip, OSCP is delivering a scalable, revolutionary IMU with extraordinary performance at a low cost for AVs market.Addressing $45B total available market by 2032, and with an order of magnitude less power consumption than FOGs, OSCP's IMUs contributes to hundreds of kilotonnes of CO2 reduction over the next 10 years.
$950,000.00
Jan 13, 2025
For-profit organization
Eureka Cluster Xecs - 2023021 - NAVPIC - Development of PIC-based gyroscope for robotic control in GNSS denied environments
1028470
Develop and integrate an high precision Inertia Measuring Unit (IMU) into a main project partner (product or technology).
$30,000.00
Jun 10, 2024
For-profit organization
YOUTH – Mechanical and heat simulation engineer
1019549
Mechanical engineer for product integration, facilitate design and development between disparate technologies.
$75,000.00
Apr 1, 2024
For-profit organization
Japan MNE - TFLN PIC Development: OSCPS-Japan Development of a Thin Film Lithium Niobate (TFLN) Photonic Integrated Circuit (PIC) for Optical Gyro applications
1016386
Feasibility study of optical signal for gyroscope using new wafer materials and technologies.
$3,000.00
Oct 12, 2023
For-profit organization
EUREKA cluster Xecs: Participation in Canadian partnering mission to 2023 PIC Summit in the Netherlands
1011739
Participation in the NRC IRAP’s PIC Summit Europe mission held in the Netherlands, November 6-10, 2023, led by the National Research Council of Canada Industrial Research Assistance Program (NRC IRAP) to develop international partnerships and potential project ideas for the 2023 Xecs Call for Proposals.
$3,000.00
Nov 9, 2022
For-profit organization
EUREKA Cluster Xecs: Participation in Canadian partnering mission to 2022 EFECS in Amsterdam
997987
Participation in the NRC IRAP’s EFECS mission held in Amsterdam, Netherlands, on November 23-25, 2022, led by the National Research Council of Canada Industrial Research Assistance Program (NRC IRAP) to develop international partnerships and potential project ideas for the 2022 Xecs Call for Proposals.
$700,000.00
Dec 20, 2021
For-profit organization
Photonics Integrated Circuits-Based Inertial Measurement Unit with Enhanced Precision for Autonomous Vehicles
986753
The project involves the fabrication of a prototype optical Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) and its integration / testing in an urban rail applications. Performance will be compared with the current solutions and evaluated for improved accuracy.
$16,257.00
Dec 20, 2020
For-profit organization
Innovation Assistance Program - Round 2.5
967869
The funding provided from the Innovation Assistance Program is to assist innovative, early-stage small- and medium-sized enterprises that are unable to access existing COVID-19 business support.
$187,000.00
Jul 1, 2020
For-profit organization
Fiber Optics Gyroscope Development and Testing
952663
Build a gyroscope made of optical fiber that is based on ring resonator concept that is itself based on Sagnac effect.